Psychology

Author: Michael Britt We all remember how tough it was going through our teen years – it was rough. And it’s hard to watch someone else go through it as well....

Optical illusions have long been a source of interest for many years. Among his renowned academic interests, Joseph Jastrow was noted for his work on optical illusions. His landmark paper on...

Here’s a quick exercise you can do to demonstrate why understanding statistics and probability is important. The Birthday Paradox Consider a Group You Know: ask your students to think about a...

Reading Time: < 1 minute A while back, a crowd of people boarded a subway car in New York City and discovered Nazi symbolism written everywhere.  Many riders did nothing, but one person stood up...

You’ll often read an article saying that there is “proof” or that researchers have “proven” a connection between two things, but researchers actually use the word “proof” very hesitantly. Here’s a...

The Psychology of Music Did you know that some psychologists apply the scientific method to music? They have found out many surprising things by doing so. According to Richard Parncutt, Professor...